Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-31


wen as no more ambition On! What shall / do,
| what shah dor
hubert laughing. "At all events, we shall need no
formal introduction TO Pure CRrulean. He'll know
US all again, when h. sees US"
J "fltzhuDert, said his mother sternly, at Is no
! laughing matter; the very thought OF II Is agon-
Ting; John, it's like you 10 stand there ana let
that boy exult over the distress OF his mother"
Fitzhabsrt retreated. but explosions OF laughter,
Ike squi0 going OF. might be heard at intervals
as ne receded into the distance
! Han bis popularity grew apsce. The custom he
gave 10 all sorts OF tradespeop!e was as lavish as
| became his position. No one thought OF anything
so insulting as sending In their bills The dukes
custom was It's own reward Dukes of course, are
exempt from the h0rrid modern custom OF ready
money payments That Is one or the compenSa-
| tons Of the position.
Captain Fosse still chung 10 the duke as In a
! sense his OVID possession or creation he lost no
opportunity Of being seen In his presence and one
1ay gave large garden party TO Introduce the
Who In Iittleswamp ever forgot that day. There
/ were Lord and Lady Trump, Sir Thomas and Lady
| Speldnurst, Lady JeZebel Beauclerc, Mr. and Lady
other local celebrities or course the captain and
his wife, as strong Primrose Leaguers, confined
a conservatiTe po S and NOT a faint Of
/ democracy was TO sully the ariStocratic
nayor OF his semi-royal presence The cap
4 closed 10 the public; and when Mr.. Rowan
tree, the rich draper and future candidate
| Tor the liberal votes OF Litteswamp, applied for
admission at the lodge gate, the lodgekeeper, with
a face with less humanity and more stiffness in It
Than ! have often seen In piece OF limestone,
turned her heel on him WITH ''Only the alight are
! admitted to-day, Mr.. Rowantree" Mr.. R0wantree,
who never scrupled TO advocate the abolition OF
| that house OF which Lord Trump was member,
| felt more than ever that, If IL rested with him
solely, IL would fare badly with one Of the estates
OF the realm. He fervently wished the duke at the
/ bottom OF the sea
| The captain introduced the duke generally to
MS guests IN little set grafton. which was very
I well received: ladies and gentlemen, / have
l friend M.
! lie Due de MOntanyert NJ. lie Due, though French
man, IL, may say, one OF u.s. for he is for church
aud King, and rs good conservative as any one
! here TO day, which, you KNOW Is saying good
/ deal He Is true blue, and no mistake. NJ. lie Due
detests liberalism In all Its forms and under all its
pretenses; have heard him speak or it as the
/ spawn OF SCORPIONS He sympathizes cordially
with our Primrose League, which we may fairly
nope that ne VIII assist IN the many ways that lie
open TO his Influence. He already talks OF insti-
tuting, on his return 10 France, league In imita-
| tlOn OF ours, To be called the Peony League"
The Duke shortly spoke In reply, and the general
opinion was that no one could have looked more
aristocratc. His black hair set OF by a skin the
color OF magnolia his dark eyes and aqualine nose,
| impaired TO his physiognomy an air OF delicacy
which accorded exactly with all received or pre-
conceived notions concerning blue blood. One
yentureSone lady declared that he looked the per-
| sOncation OF Ia vieiiIe cou.
on, the bowings nd scrapings and cringings Of
/ that afternoon! Was ever the like, or Is IL true,
! as Rowantree was fond of asserting, that nowhere
was such fiunkeyism 10 be found as In the higher
\ classes OF Littleswamp society?
81 hope you like the Duke, Mrs. ROssendale,"
said Captain Fosse with the air of a man fully
conscious OF having deserved we'll OF his country.
Like him." was the reply; Il think him
| adorable! He makes me think OF Prince Eugene
every time look at him. Only the prince, be-
the other. never In my lie saw any one whose
origin was more WILDLY Impressed upon his coun-
tenance, or whose every movement more Unnlis-
tASaDly bespoke his high Iobiesse. declare, he's
| her. too"
..Ah! you must beware OF the duke" said the
| n,
I assure you"
son. captain Fosse, how can you be so foolishe"
| laughter.
! Then size turned to nstle cluster who, OF
course, were discussing the lion OF the day. They
! appealed TO her Tor her verdict, and she pro-
| nounced him "a duke every inch OF him"
That's Just what say said Lady Trump.
| zone fees his superiority 50 percepuby. There is
| that about him which nothing bus blue blood ever
| gives. There is the unmisttkable aroma"
HE mas on me, said the ritualist clergyman,
| as morally and physically the better for his
presence as do for the air from the Jangfraa IL
| Is as Longfeilow says:
| Bat breathe the air of mountains.
| And their unapproachable submits
! Shall lift thee to the level OF themselves"
eyes" said Lady Speldhurst, "only he's not IN
apprOachabe at all. lie has only Just that amount
OF reserve which falls short OF hauJeur and is the
! surest pledge OF arlstocratic breeding"
"he's perfect gentleman, OF course" said Mrs.
ROSsendalr; "Jhere'S not trace or vugarity about
| his composition, nothing bourgeois But we must
| do our Uest TO keep him select"
ave must, indeed said captain Fosse; ave
| must hedge him round. To meet by chance any
dssenter or radical would be real physical pain 10
| him."
II understand said Lady Frump. "that he
has resolved In future not to employ single lip-
eral IradesInan. That's your dong, / suppose,
| captain"
The captain smiled a modest affirmative.
| "Rowantree, I'm afraid, will be furious" he
said
s.Let him be furious" said Lord Trump, chuck
ling, "Ir he wants the dukes custom let him
adopt the dukes politics.
! SO the conversation lapsed into politics-those
| muddy shadows INTO which We need not follow IT,
FitZhubert, perceiving the marked attentions
paid by the duke 10 his sister, up at last to
his mother and said In his profane boyiSh way:
81 say, mama, how long are you going to allow
OpneIia 10 entirely monopolze the attentions OF
| Pure CBruledn?" .
.Fitzhubert, you silly boy" she replied 81 really
must beg that you will cease TO apply that insult
ing expression to person OF the dukes distinc-
uOn-"
Gan right, dear mamma" said the boy, but who
was IL questioned the dukes accent? Who was IL
who wanted 10 put him on In Racine?" And the
youth laughed convulslyeiy at the recollection.
Then the duke came up eocOrslng Ophelil, who
| beamed radiance like blushing rose. While she
turned TO speak with her brother the duke in the
| politest manner assured her mother OF the great
i pleasure he had derived from her conversation
and expressed the hope that that meeting might
| b. the first OF many. The expression OF hope was
recipr0cated, and again before the mother, active
mind flashed the thought OF thOs. Objectionable
relations Of her husband, and OF the excuses that
could serve for not inviting them TO parJake Of that
] cake, OF the manufacture Of which Gunter was III
\ tended 10 have the honor.
"The most hospitable welcome that you among
| Others have accorded TO me, SAID the Duke, 81
| shall never forget; but hope the time may come,
| and that soon, when you Will allow me 10 repay
| my debt 10 you by your honoring me with visit
| in Normandy; when am again resident upon my
| teITes nope none OF the family Will refuse my
poor hospitality"
II am sure, NJ lie Due" she replied "that we
shall accept your most generous Invitation with
the greatest possible plea ure. But trust that
you do not yet contemplate leaving U.s."
| Far from II" said the duke: al shall not leave
But there are, you know, circumstances and times
when, as they say, nobtesse Obifge."
| THAT Is precisely" she replied, "what am con-
Stantly saying TO my husband"
The duke smiled and shortly after went and car
red on the same sort OF conversations In the same
gracious terms with other ladies'. This won him
golden opinions. But II was rather blow TO Mrs
ROssendale, when she referred with justiiable
| pride 10 Mrs Austin TO the Normandy Invitation
! 10 learn that Mrs. Au,tins family, too, haa been
quite pressngly asked TO those mysterious teres
beyond the English Channel.
it was not long before the hospitalties at Beres-
ford Hall became the talk OF the country Parties
OF all kinds succeeded one another with startling
rapldity. People even came from a distance and
took houses at Little swamp for the summer. IL
got bruited about that the luke was cOnJefnplat-
ing matrimony, and Vincent expressed himself as
nervous on this score; he said that the duke was
subject with ~ Fa. Vincent, je me RANGE" This
really Kept up state OF boiling excitement which
threw even politics into the background. Politics
In fact almost ceased to exist very few OF che
Liberal Party resisted the social pressure OF the
Primrose Party, supplemented as IL was by the